TGIF

Because it's Friday and I only like to pretend I am working on Friday. I found this website and created this

Go Keep Calm about something, just don't let the boss catch ya...

I Need More Bibs

Next up, the 5K Flamingo Run . The preppy in me couldn't resist the pink and green. Damned be the heat at the end of July.

Good lord, I hope this isn't the same course as the Turkey Trot that starts and ends at the Marietta Square...

The Peachtree in Pictures

7:50 start, Group E.Looking at group F. Favorite sightI ran on the right hand side because I ran slow and so I was sure to get a blessing. This guys a  Lutheran, but hey there's no bad blessing if you ask me.Yum -beer.

 Running on an empty stomach I had to fore go or Catholic Runner would have been Buzzed up Runner. No Tolerance.This is a picture of the finish line photographers, see them up there by the stoplight. You know them, the ones who can't get a good photo of you if you paid them.The End.

P.S. Let's just say I beat my husband by 6.2 miles and I'll leave it at that...

Third Times A Charm or Three Strikes Your Out

I am planning on running the Peachtree Road Race on the 4th. My shins are telling me something different.
Probably not a good choice for my first post-injury race experience since the Nike Women's Half.

For the 3rd year in a row, I will stand in starting area and think "what the hell was I thinking?"...

Faded Memories

Time has a way of helping us forget things. You look back on things and only remember the good.
I am not sure what “good” I was remembering about this when I popped it in the dvd palyer.

But, it didn’t take long for me to remember what a hellish 30 minutes this tiny trainer can inflict. Now I only remember the pain. 30 days of pain, no real visible difference. What was I thinking last night?

Sloooooow and Steady

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3 Straight

3 straight miles. It took me a little over 36 minutes. Slow and steady may not win the race but it will get me to the finish line

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Cause for Celebration

When you finish a mile in 12:12 and you want to throw your hands up in the air and yell "That's right mother trucker" You

1. are have just started running and ran your first full mile or
2. are trying to get back into running after an injury, serious lapse, or both

good thing I can sensor myself since and stay quite since I was on the treadmill at the gym when that urge overcame me.

Run Today

I am not doing anything special for National Running Day.

Today's a long day and I haven't planned well. But, I will do my best to try to get in at least a very short run. 

If that happens it will be special, since my running shoes have done nothing but collect dust lately.

M.I.A.

I am still here. Just busy frantically looking for my running mojo...

One at a Time

I haven't posted much because honestly I haven't run much lately. Part taking it slow so not to get injured and part lazy.

I tend to have an all or nothing problem. I am all about running or I am all about sitting on the couch. Getting back to where I was before getting injured is so overwhelming. How am I ever going to be able to run 10 miles again when I haven't even been able to run one straight mile without walking is what I think.

Yesterday on the way to the gym I told myself just run one mile, that's all you have to do. Just run, no walking, don't worry how long it takes just go the distance.

My first mile took 12 mins 30 seconds. I walked 5 minutes to regroup. Ran mile 2 in 10 minutes. I am just going to focus on one mile at a time. Hopefully building a quarter mile at a time with the goal of getting to a straight 3 mile mark by the middle of June. First distance, then speed.

You're Never Too Old to Learn Something New

2 hours is not enough time to digest chicken nuggets before a run

or

20 minutes is the most time you before running in public after eating chicken nuggets gets too risky

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Shut Up and Let Me Go

I thought I was only going to be able to walk yesterday but then my mp3 played this



I ended up walking/running in 5 minute intevals for an hour and it felt fantastic. Thank The Ting Tings

You have to start somewhere

I am on the treadmill. My pace may not move beyond a walk but at least my butt's off the couch
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Rest Days

Rest days are good. Unless of course you are on your 8th consecutive rest day.